Mosaic, history and technique.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Subjects: Mosaics.
Description: "In this book Peter Fischer traces the achievements of the artist-craftsman in mosaic, from the colored clay pegs arranged in patterns on the pillars of Uruk around 2500 BC up to the present day, discusses the architectural function, and illuminates the religious, social and scientific background which shaped the various forms of the mosaic."--Book jacket.
Notes: "Rewritten and revised by the author from his book Das Mosaik."

Bibliography, p. 149-150.